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Nabors Chooses e2's Virtual Utility Technology to Electrify On-Site Drilling for Oil, Gas and Geothermal

Dec. 10, 2024
Oil and gas operations account for about 15% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonizing the drilling sector significantly with electrification, such as potential...
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Launched in Chelsea, Mass., Virtual Microgrid Concept Could Expand to Other Cities

Dec. 9, 2024
Chelsea’s virtual microgrid could serve as a model for deploying distributed energy resources from the community up, changing the architecture of the aging grid, say developers...
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New Wisconsin Middle School Expects Big Savings with Renewable Microgrid

Dec. 5, 2024
When the Maplewood Intermediate/Middle School opens in Menasha, WI, next year, it will be home to a solar and energy storage microgrid that is expected to save the local school...
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Ports of Stockholm Demonstrating Microgrid Technology at Nearby Port

Dec. 2, 2024
The demonstration project for the collaborative effort--connecting wind, solar and battery storage--is starting in the Port of Kapellskär, one of several cargo and passenger ports...
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Proposed Tidal and Solar Microgrids Aim to Help Outage-Heavy Maine

Nov. 26, 2024
As the state grapples with power outages, “Maine is getting it right,” setting the stage for microgrid deployment. Two examples include a microgrid that will provide resilience...
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As Part of its Climate Action Plan, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to Deploy Solar Microgrid and EVs with EPA Grant

Nov. 18, 2024
With the town of Cherokee, N.C., facing climate-change induced wildfires, extreme heat and flooding, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is using a $5 million EPA grant to deploy...
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Quanta Technologies Factory to be Powered by Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Microgrid

Nov. 15, 2024
Located at Quanta's California factory, the solid oxide fuel cell microgrid will be fully islandable.
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What Microgrids Offer the Golden State Could Prove a Golden Opportunity Globally

Nov. 9, 2024
The solution to these problems isn’t more transmission lines or fossil-fuel-powered peaker plants. The solution is decentralizing the grid, making it more flexible, resilient,...

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Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...

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Siemens executive explains why the future grid will be sectionalized and what that means to microgrids

May 20, 2022
David Fox, vice president of sales at Siemens Grid Software US, sits down with Microgrid Knowledge to discuss why sectionalizing will be a key component of the future grid.

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Global Energy Trends 2023

Jan. 6, 2023
Over 2021-22, environmental, macro-economic, and geopolitical shocks have put the global energy transition under pressure.
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Green Hydrogen Microgrid Could Transform Rural Energy Production in Scotland

Dec. 12, 2024
The HydroGlen demonstration project aims to incorporate on-site wind and/or solar energy generation with a hydrogen microgrid to show how farming communities can generate enough...
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Will Co-locating Renewable Energy with New Data Centers Solve the Power Crunch?: Google, Intersect Power Trying Options

Dec. 12, 2024
To meet rising demand for reliable, clean data center power, Google is joining with clean energy company Intersect Power and global impact investing platform and private equity...
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Brazilian University Launches New Solar and Energy Storage Microgrid

Dec. 6, 2024
The microgrid, located at the State University of Campinas, also known as Unicamp, is expected to save the university roughly $75,000 in annual energy costs.
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Gold Mine Turns to Geothermal to Decarbonize On-Site Operations

Dec. 5, 2024
Quaise Energy and Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) are investigating how geothermal can further decarbonized NGM’s coal-fired TS Power Plant.
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Remote Australia Mining Town One Step Closer to New Energy Storage Center and Minigrid

Nov. 22, 2024
Hydrostor has signed a 65-year Crown Lands lease that brings the Silver City Energy Storage Center one step closer to fruition. The project includes advanced compressed air long...
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Duke Energy Celebrates New Fleet Electrification Center Featuring Microgrid Link

Nov. 21, 2024
The goal of the Duke Energy + Electrada Fleet Mobility Microgrid, its planners say, is to create a model for utility-scale fleet electrification charging of light-, medium- and...